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Table 1 Means and standard deviations of height, body mass and percentage of males by age for the German and Brazilian databases

From: Comparisons of foot anthropometry and plantar arch indices between German and Brazilian children

 

n

% of boys

Height (cm)

Body mass (kg)

Body mass index (kg/m 2 )

Median (German Normative Data)**

Age groups

Brazil

Germany

Brazil

Germany

Brazil

Germany

Brazil

Germany

Brazil

Germany

Boys

Girls

3

32

94

37.5

46.8

96.1 (3.6)

99.0 (4.0)*

15.1 (1.8)

15.6 (1.6)

16.5 (1.4)

15.9 (1.3)

15.6

16.6

4

73

92

45.2

46.8

105.0 (4.5)

106.8 (4.3)*

18.0 (3.0)

18.0 (2.0)

16.3 (2.2)

15.8 (1.3)

15.5

16.4

5

62

92

33.9

47.7

111.4 (5.3)

114.2 (4.9)*

19.7 (2.7)

20.5 (2.4) *

15.8 (1.8)

15.7 (1.4)

15.4

16.5

6

74

88

48.6

50.0

115.5 (5.4)

121.0 (5.2)*

21.7 (3.1)

23.4 (2.7)*

16.2 (1.9)

15.9 (1.3)

15.5

16.6

7 and 8

32

85

43.7

46.7

125.5 (6.3)

129.5 (6.3)*

25.3 (3.9)

26.8 (3.4)*

16.1 (1.8)

16.0 (1.5)

15.8

17.2

9

83

54

54.2

47.3

136.0 (6.7)

138.8 (6.7)*

31.9 (5.5)

32.2 (4.4)

17.2 (2.2)

16.7 (1.9)

16.4

18.1

10

35

51

62.9

45.8

141.3 (8.0)

145.6 (6.7)*

36.7 (9.5)

36.6 (5.2)

18.2 (3.6)

17.2 (2.1)

16.9

18.7

  1. *Statistically higher values between German and Brazilian databases [t-test (parametric data) or Mann-Whitney test (non-parametric data), p < 0.05].
  2. **normative values from Kromeyer-Hauschild et al. [12].